Toronto

Spending a Day Enjoying Toronto’s Little Araby

August 25, 2021

By Ani Karapetyan

By: Habeeb Salloum/Arab America Contributing Writer The aroma flowing out from the freshly baked fatyir bi za’tar (thyme pies) were mouth-watering as my daughter and I sat down to have our breakfast at the Arz Fine Foods on Lawrence Ave. E. – on a strip called by Toronto’s residents who originate from the Middle East, … Continued

How Toronto Got a New Craving for Syrian Food

February 5, 2018

By Ani Karapetyan

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT BY: DAVID SAX The interior of Soufi’s, a fast-casual restaurant in downtown Toronto, is tailor-made for Instagram. There are white subway tiles, vintage photographs, a chalkboard menu and a selection of bric-a-brac assembled by its owner, Jala Alsoufi, a recent architecture and psychology graduate. The barista (her younger brother, Alaa) even wears the scruffy … Continued

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